• Biodiversity, environmental drivers, and sustainability of the global deep-sea sponge microbiome 

      Busch, Kathrin; Slaby, Beate M.; Bach, Wolfgang; Boetius, Antje; Clefsen, Ina; Colaço, Ana; Creemers, Marie; Cristobo, Javier; Federwisch, Luisa; Franke, Andre; Gavriilidou, Asimenia; Hethke, Andrea; Kenchington, Ellen; Mienis, Furu; Mills, Sadie; Riesgo, Ana; Ríos, Pilar; Roberts, Emyr Martyn; Sipkema, Detmer; Pita, Lucía; Schupp, Peter J.; Xavier, Joana R.; Rapp, Hans Tore; Hentschel, Ute (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      In the deep ocean symbioses between microbes and invertebrates are emerging as key drivers of ecosystem health and services. We present a large-scale analysis of microbial diversity in deep-sea sponges (Porifera) from ...
    • A Blueprint for an Inclusive, Global Deep-Sea Ocean Decade Field Program 

      Howell, Kerry L.; Hilário, Ana; Allcock, A. Louise; Bailey, David M; Baker, Maria; Clark, Malcolm R.; Colaço, Ana; Copley, Jon; Cordes, Erik; Danovaro, Roberto; Dissanayake, Awantha; Escobar, Elva; Esquete, Patricia; Gallagher, Austin J; Gates, Andrew R.; Gaudron, Sylvie M.; German, Christopher R.; Gjerde, Kristina M; Higgs, Nicholas D.; Le Bris, Nadine; Levin, Lisa A.; Manea, Elisabetta; McClain, Craig; Menot, Lenaick; Mestre, Nélia C.; Metaxas, Anna; Milligan, Rosanna J; Muthumbi, Agnes WN; Narayanaswamy, Bhavani E.; Ramalho, Sofia P.; Ramirez-Llodra, Eva; Robson, Laura M; Rogers, Alex D.; Sellanes, Javier; Sigwart, Julia D.; Sink, Kerry; Snelgrove, Paul V. R.; Stefanoudis, Paris V.; Sumida, Paulo Y.; Taylor, Michelle L.; Thurber, Andrew R.; Vieira, Rui P; Watanabe, Hiromi K.; Woodall, Lucy C.; Xavier, Joana R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The ocean plays a crucial role in the functioning of the Earth System and in the provision of vital goods and services. The United Nations (UN) declared 2021–2030 as the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. ...
    • Diversity, distribution and phylogenetic affinities of deep-sea lithistids (Porifera, Heteroscleromorpha) of the Azores archipelago 

      Xavier, Joana; Rees, David John; Pereira, Raquel; Colaço, Ana; Pham, Christopher K.; Carvalho, Francisca C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-28)
      Lithistid sponges are globally distributed in temperate and sub-tropical areas, constituting an important component of deep-sea benthic communities where they form structurally complex and vulnerable marine ecosystems ...
    • The First Cut Is the Deepest: Trawl Effects on a Deep-Sea Sponge Ground Are Pronounced Four Years on 

      Morrison, Katelin M.; Meyer, Heidi Kristina; Roberts, Emyr Martyn; Rapp, Hans Tore; Colaço, Ana; Pham, Christopher K. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Few studies have described the effects of physical disturbance and post-recovery of deep-sea benthic communities. Here, we explore the status of deep-sea sponge ground communities four years after being impacted by an ...
    • The important role of sponges in carbon and nitrogen cycling in a deep-sea biological hotspot 

      Hanz, Ulrike; Riekenberg, Philip; de Kluijver, Anna; van der Meer, Marcel; Middelburg, Jack J.; de Goeij, Jasper M.; Bart, Martijn C.; Wurz, Erik; Colaço, Ana; Duineveld, Gerard C. A.; Reichart, Gert-Jan; Rapp, Hans Tore; Mienis, Furu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Deep-sea sponge grounds are hotspots of biodiversity, harbouring thriving ecosystems in the otherwise barren deep sea. It remains unknown how these sponge grounds survive in this food-limited environment. Here, we unravel ...
    • Integrating Multidisciplinary Observations in Vent Environments (IMOVE): Decadal Progress in Deep-Sea Observatories at Hydrothermal Vents 

      Matabos, Marjolaine; Barreyre, Thibaut Laurent Gilbert; Juniper, S. Kim; Cannat, Mathilde; Kelley, Deborah; Alfaro-Lucas, Joan; Chavagnac, Valérie; Colaço, Ana; Escartin, Javier; Escobar, Elva; Fornari, Daniel J.; Hasenclever, Jörg; Huber, Julie A.; Laës-Huon, Agathe; Lanteri, Nadine; Levin, Lisa Ann; Mihaly, Steve; Mittelstaedt, Eric; Pradillon, Florence; Sarradin, Pierre Marie; Sarrazin, Jozée; Tomasi, Beatrice; Venkatesan, Ramasamy; Vic, Clement (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-13)
      The unique ecosystems and biodiversity associated with mid-ocean ridge (MOR) hydrothermal vent systems contrast sharply with surrounding deep-sea habitats, however both may be increasingly threatened by anthropogenic ...
    • sFDvent: A global trait database for deep‐sea hydrothermal‐vent fauna 

      Chapman, Abbie; Beaulieu, Stace; Colaço, Ana; Gebruk, Andrey; Hilário, Ana; Kihara, Terue C.; Ramirez-Llodra, Eva; Sarrazin, Jozee; Tunnicliffe, Verena J.; Amon, Diva J.; Baker, Maria; Boschen-Rose, Rachel; Chen, Chong; Cooper, Isabelle; Copley, Jonathan; Corbari, Laure; Cordes, Erik; Cuvelier, Daphne; Duperron, Sebastien; Du Preez, Cherisse; Gollner, Sabine; Horton, Tammy; Hourdez, Stephane; Kryolova, Elena; Linse, Kathrin; LokaBharati, P.A.; Marsh, Leigh; Matabos, Marjolaine; Wier Mills, Susan; Mullineaux, Lauren; Rapp, Hans Tore; Reid, William David Kenneth; Rybakova, Elena; Thomas, Tresa Remya; Southgate, Samuel James; Stöhr, Sabine; Turner, Philip J; Watanabe, Hiromi Kayama; Yasuhara, Moriaki; Bates, Amanda E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Motivation: Traits are increasingly being used to quantify global biodiversity patterns, with trait databases growing in size and number, across diverse taxa. Despite growing interest in a trait‐based approach to the ...